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Clare Curran has been removed from Cabinet by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Curran offered her resignation today after she failed to record a meeting with entrepreneur Derek Handley in February. She did not mention the meeting in response to a parliamentary written question.

It was the second time she had made such an error, following a similar omission in relation to a meeting with former Radio NZ boss Carol Hirschfeld earlier this year. “That’s not good enough, and that’s why she’s been removed by Cabinet,” Ardern said at a press conference outside her electorate office in Morningside this afternoon.

Curran has been stripped of her open government and government digital services portfolios, but will hold on to her broadcasting and ACC roles. She will no longer be in Cabinet. Asked why Curran did not lose her other portfolios, Ardern said it was a serious demotion and was proportionate to her mistakes.
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